Talkback: Should We Ban 'Buy My Book'?

By Dave Roos - Posted Jan 02, 2003

When you produce a live, daily, television show about technology for four years, you're bound to slip into a couple of verbal ruts. "The Screen Savers" has about 637 of them. How many times have you heard Patrick say, "You know what, folks..." or Megan instruct you to "Go to thescreensavers.com" or Leo, the worst offender, say the three most overused words in the English language, "Buy my book"?
Inspired by the 2003 banished words list compiled by Lake Superior State University, the staff of "The Screen Savers" has made a collective New Year's resolution to eliminate one of the following phrases from our repetitive vocabulary. Vote below and add your comments in the Talkback section at the bottom of the page.
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